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141 " Thus (through the eyes of my young acolyte,Who sees for me, that I may see for others)I read the signs of failure in my quest. "
― Sophocles
142 " Friendship is a tension. It makes delicate demands. "
― Sophocles , Electra
143 " You are a woman marked for sorrow. "
144 " But when a god sends harm, no man can sidestep it, no matter how strong he may be. "
145 " Yet I pity the poor wretch, though he's my enemy. He's yoked to an evil delusion, but the same fate could be mine. I see clearly: we who live are all phantoms, fleeing shadows. "
― Sophocles , Ajax (Translations from Greek Drama)
146 " CHOR. Denn weder reifen des herrlichen Landes Früchte noch tauchen bei ihren Geburten aus qualvollen Schmerzen empor die Frauen; doch einen zum andern kannst du sehen gleich gut befiederten Vögeln, jäher als unwiderstehliches Feuer losfliegen dem Strande zu des abenddunkeln Gottes. "
― Sophocles , Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)
147 " ÖDIPUS. Wie packt mich, da ich eben dich gehört hab, Frau, der Seele Irrlauf und Erschütterung des Geistes! "
148 " Creon: You consider it right for a man of my years and experienceTo go to school to a boy?Haimon: It is not rightIf I am wrong. But if I am young, and right,What does my age matter? "
― Sophocles , The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone
149 " Bu durumda dostlarım, ne akıllı ne dindar olmak mümkündür; kötülüğün içinde bizi kötülüğe zorlayan güç çok büyüktür. "
150 " You won't listen to reason at all, will you?""No. My mind is my own. "
151 " Nasıl bir felakete uğradığını, nerede oturduğunu, kimin yanında ömür geçirdiğini görmedikten sonra o gözlerin neye yarar? "
152 " Sadık bir dostu reddetmek, bence kendi kendimizi hayatın en aziz bildiğimiz bir parçasından yoksun bırakmaktır....Çünkü güvenilir insan zamanla anlaşılır, hainin foyası bir günde çıkar meydana... "
153 " In a just cause, the weak overcome the strong”. "
― Sophocles , Oedipus at Colonus (The Theban Plays, #2)
154 " Dark, dark! The horror of darkness, like a shroud, wraps me and bears me on through mist and cloud. "
155 " You, you'll see no more the pain I suffered, all the pain I caused! Too long you looked on the ones you never should have seen, blind to the ones you longed to see, to know! Blind from this hour on! Blind in the darkness-blind! "
― Sophocles , The Complete Plays
156 " By God, I'll have more booty in a moment. "
157 " I know that you are deathly sick; and yet, sick as you are, not one is as sick as I. "
158 " Time alone can bring the just man to light - the criminal you can spot in just one short day. "
159 " A man through wit May pass another’s wisdom in the race. "
160 " How dreadful the knowledge of the truth can be When there’s no help in truth. "